4 Quick Facts about the Dimetrodon

The Dimetrodon is more closely related to a modern day mammal than a reptile.

The sail of the Dimetrodon projected from it’s vertebra.

The function of the Dimetrodon sail is unknown, but it could possibly be to regulate temperature, used as camouflage, used as a sail while in water or to stabilize the side to side motion while walking.

The Dimetrodon had very large teeth of different types set along it’s jaws.

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True or False: The Dimetrodon is considered an extinct reptile and not a dinosaur.
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